From The A-J's Pages

Posted: August 31, 2012 - 11:37pm

25 years ago:

A certain amount of confusion is expected today as more than 28,000 Lubbock public school students resume classes, with a new school opening and new attendance boundaries set for some junior high school students. Jerrell Snodgrass, assistant superintendent for administration, said the Lubbock Independent School District (LISD) has made provisions to deal with lost students. “We have got backup bus transportation (scheduled) in case there is confusion,” he said.

50 years ago:

A full-size model of a six-place voting booth unit designed and made by Syd Moore, Lubbock County Republican chairman, is on display at the County Commissioners Courtroom. It will remain on display a week, according to Moore. Moore’s proposed voting booth unit, which will allow six persons to vote at a time, is designed to fit on top of a 30-by-70 inch school cafeteria table, consisting of a slotted heavy plywood center board and allotted dividers and can be made at a cost of $10.

75 years ago:

O’Donnell –— American Cyanimide Company of New York has let contract for construction of a chemical plant eight miles west of O’Donnell for mining chemical salts from old Frost Lake, the O’Donnell Index said it had been authoritatively informed. Earlier contracts had specified the company, which will mine and refine potash deposits, would be ready for operation Jan. 1 and would handle a minimum of 80 tons of ore salt daily.

100 years ago:

School days have come! Last Monday began the 1912-13 terms of the Lubbock High School and there were several hundred pupils present in the auditorium of the high school building at the appointed hour. Also, a number of the parents of the pupils were there to enjoy the opening exercises.